Greetings! Victory in the Middle East! The right-leaning defense industry website 19FortyFive concludes Donald Trump won the Iran war. Naturally, Trump reposted the link to the article on Truth Social and called it a “must read”... Townhall’s far-right columnist Kurt Schlichter would disagree with 19Fortyfive's assessment. He is officially fed up with Trump’s war with Iran.  In Schlichter's most recent column, he implored the see-sawing POTUS to “just win the war.” He says the on-again, off-again strategy is getting tiresome and he urges action. “(H)it them everywhere at once. Seize Kharg Island. Strike from the sea, from the air, and through the wires. Target anything tied to the regime, especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” he writes. “Whether it’s a construction company, a gas refinery, or a massage parlor, put a bomb on it.”...The Trump-controlled Truth Social posted steep traffic declines for the second month in a row, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis.  My take: audiences are starting to tune out his constant hyperbolic messaging on Truth Social which he uses as his personal megaphone to pulverize his enemies. His tanking approval numbers and diminished traffic both seem to be on a similar downward trajectory...Weekend Watch: The Bombing of Pan Am 103 quietly snuck into my Netflix queue last week and I’ve been hooked ever since.  The fascinating six-part docudrama recreates the December 1988 tragedy of the Pan Am 747 that was blown apart by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, resulting in the deaths of nearly 300 people.  It’s mainly a police procedural of how a dogged international task force managed to crack the case. It bogs down toward the conclusion, but it’s still a worthwhile watch for a hot August evening...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard